dabuzz

Massive mate! So good getting that first start up!

For exhaust, I removed a stainless adrenalin R off my RX4 as I couldn't stand the sound it made, horrible tinny and had a resonance at a certain RPM that just drilled into my head. Not a fan. I had a custom "Manawatu mufflers" mild steel boiler made to suit the space available, huge difference, really nice deep sound, slightly quieter, way happier.

those repros are good but my spare is perfectly fine for using at a later date

I actually have another good bonnet, and was going to - cut, panel, paint that one, but thought what's the point, as ill just cut the one on the car, and I wont need to do any panel or paint. If (I Wont) I ever need to fit a normal bonnet then ill just panel and paint the spare when the time comes, saves spending 2-3k unnecessarily now

Sold the ROTECH BP, but before I whip it out, have dummy mounted the blower to check cut lines for the bonnet, so I can put a massive hole in it. 40 vs 30 tooth (1to 1) pulley, Unfortunately I'll have to run the under driven pulley to get it through cert which is only 7-8 psi. The small pulley will be double that, but intake temps will skyrocket, and I won't have enough money to get car legal as well as work on cooling. Water meth will be on the cards, as is maybe Water to air intercooler. I'll just focus on redesigning the intake, building a fresh new block, setting up EFI and a host of other items before I worry about decent power. Also that scoop won't pass, so I need to find a low profile solution for air filtration into the Xtreme rotaries 1200cfm 8 injector throttle body., I'll only need to run 4x 1000cc injectors for what I'm doing

all of the above(EDIT-last page now) , injectors were above the blower, and had a massive cooling effect with the meth, so much so, that there was icy cold condensation around the throttle body after a run.

@Roman yes. too much load with no crank support, that, and the two-step just killed it. interesting, the pulley he used would only produce around 14psi on the street with pump fuel, but with a few more "race" rpm and methanol it saw 21psi out of it, massive for a rootes blower

When I sold my first rx4, I kept the blower, and eventually sold it to my mate and well known drag racer Tony Markovina. For fun he strapped it on to HVATOS drag car with a JC cosmo 13B J port, cranked the boost up fed it methanol and ran a stout 9.84 1/4 mile with it! Until one fateful night they were revving it up in the shed and the front fell off the motor..... Massive amounts of damage, the motor was removed, and sat in the corner until I bought the lot back 10 years later. I have quite a few repairs to do, more pics to come, but I won't be reinstating the JPort for this build.

Nice one getting it legal Tiny, also love the new plate!

It would be interesting, but I don't have a throttle body/manifold setup to use. and because of our LVVTA/WOF system it wouldn't make sense to inject for a period of time then fit the blower as I wouldn't be able to keep a WOF on it. However, as I have previously prewired the car for ECU, I'm possibly going to set up the Microtech LT16 that I have in 'Ignition only' mode once I buy some smart coils etc and switch over to CAS That way I can have better control over the timing rather than a locked at 20deg distributor. That wont require a cert, and gives me time to save for, collect and modify the rest of the parts I need to fully convert over. Biggest debate atm is which way I'm going to go with the engine block, before I remake the manifolds, as there is a few different engine intake shapes and bolt spacings to allow for.

Boring but necessary update, have bent up and run new 3/8 fuel lines in preparation for EFI conversion, horrible job without a hoist, but had to be done. Have managed to retain the original line for now too, so can still run it with carb until ready to switch over. New lines just left long in bay until I can position the high pressure reg once purchased.

fantastic job, agree with above, you've done it justice bringing back more original. beautiful resto!

Been copping a lot of grief from many people lately about leveling up. So here it is! I dragged out the old 4/71 blower from the original RX4, and plans are being drawn up Been 20 years since I certed this on a car Stay tuned for a possible return....

great looking car, good move, rather than a tribute, get the real deal with all the goodies on it!

I bet AirRide NZ would have spindles for that